Shop Tunes

Hey EverybodyI picked up a minidisc player and a amplifier that were meant to be junked and enjoy woodworking even more now in my 96sq. ft. shop time goes by a lot quicker it seems and I am wondering what other listen to when they spend time in the shop. Maybe we get together Shop Tunes Vol. 1

I use music to pace myself… all kinds… when I don’t play music I get lost in what ever I am doing and forget to do other important things. But for me the weirder, the more harsh, the more unusually beautiful, outdated unknowns and the cutting edges are always my kind of music. I come to the shop to tune out the world and make things… LJs is my only distraction I really allow.. though.. it was almost forbidden by those who love me a few weeks ago… thank you LJs. Currently I am loving Skinny Puppy and Pound of Flesh… but my favorite song right now is…

Depends on my mood. My current ‘shop’ ipod playlist includes ‘Stand Up’ by The Prodigy and ‘Cascade’ by Hyper and a couple songs by Parov Stelar. But I have been known to play stuff including Boston, Masters of Reality, Fatboy Slim, Alice in Chains and STP. I’ve even busted out the Disco on occasion (can’t believe I just admitted that) and the surf-guitar stuff from the 60’s (Dick Dale kicks ass!). Basically, my philosophy is: “as long as it has a beat and you can wood-work to it.”

Got one of those construction radios, and hooked my MP3 player to it. I think it is a Bosch. The woofer can drive right through most of my machinery and fans. Especially the AC-DC and other Classic Rock I listen to.

I have a Samsung Tab hooked up to a Pyle amplifier with a couple of bookshelf speakers leftover from many years ago. Playing the tunes in a one car garage, I can overpower any and everything, ‘cept the missus! :-(

So, I have thousands of mp3 songs…everything from oldies from the 50-60’s , classic country, today’s country, classic rock, party music, and so on.

When I want a change, I fire up iHeart radio via our wi-fi. Lots of oldies and country stations to listen to.

I have 6 different speakers (random garage sale finds) and a little receiver meant for only 2 speakers powers it. Surprisingly, it sounds pretty good and gets very loud. I use my 1st ipod touch as a dedicated pandora machine.

as a true nerd, I have a “shop laptop” that goes through my Spotify playlist of nearly 2000 songs. It’s hooked to an older sony receiver powering some infinity reference series bookshelf speakers hanging from the rafters and a polk audio sub. The receiver is in a vented plexiglass case with positive pressure to keep a lot of the dust out of it. I just have 2 PC fans with nylons over them as filters blowing through the receiver from the bottom. They are wired together and plugged into the switched outlet on the back of the receiver.

I have extremely eclectic musical tastes, but here was some of today’s artists played in the shop. Also if you like music a lot, Spotify is a great deal.